From the earliest 1950s wood plank and metal roller skate wheel
prototypes to the modern engineered marvels of today, rare boards
and ephemera document the evolution of “sidewalk surfing.”
Highlights include many of the sports’ firsts, including the
first pro model skateboard, the first board with urethane wheels
and the first Zephyr board. Over 200 unique items, many from The
Sidewalk Shop, Skatelab and Z-BOY® Archive collections, are on
display including Tony Hawk’s autographed personal board, an
extremely rare Willie Mays board and gear from over 30 California
pros.

Multimedia presentations featuring the revolutionary riders,
artists and manufacturers reveal how riding concrete evolved from
a subculture of teenage defiance to an iconic worldwide cultural
phenomenon.